Broadcasting

BRIEFCASE

April 13, 1993

JOHN F. ''Jack'' Welch Jr., chairman of General Electric Co., told NBC News employees Monday that the NBC network is not for sale. ''GE likes NBC. NBC is not for sale. GE wants to be part of NBC,'' Welch said in a meeting at Studio 8-H to introduce the new president of NBC News, Andrew Lack, to the staff of NBC News. NBC, once the top-rated broadcast network, has dropped to third place in prime time, and there have been rumors in recent months that GE, the corporate parent of NBC, has wanted to sell the network.